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177 pp.
| Holt |
March, 2012 |
TradeISBN 978-0-8050-8097-1$16.99
(3)
YA
Seventeen-year-old Chloe is in San Francisco with her best friend MJ for winter break, but not just for fun and freedom--she needs an abortion, which is (pretty much) legal in California in 1971. Complicating matters further is Chloe's secret ex-boyfriend (and MJ's brother) Teddy and her flighty hippie aunt Kiki. Carlton nails the setting--and the emotional intricacies of abortion.